Winter Lines

The winter lines are actually telephone lines. I was attracted to the silhouette of this telephone pole in front of a very wan winter sun in an alley in North Wicker Park, Chicago, Ill. The isolation and meager sun make me feel cold and isolated. Good thing spring always comes! The photo was taken in January of 1982 with a Ricoh Singlex TLS 35 mm SLR equipped with a 55 mm f/1.7 Prinz Auto Rexatar lens on Kodak Tri-X Pan film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 50 mm f/2.8 Rodenstock Rodagon lens on Kodak Elite Fine Art Double Weight Fiber Base silver gelatin photo paper. Processing was done using Kodak chemistry, with a final toning with Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner, treated with hypo clearing agent, and washed in an archival washer.

All aspects of this print were handled in an authentic, pre-digital manner. Archival processing will ensure the maximum life span for this print.

This print (1/25) on 8” x 10” paper is available for purchase, mounted on 11” x 14” archival board. Please contact me if interested. Thank You.